Rubber Cult is the UK’s only total rubber event – nothing but latex is worn by guests, staff, models in the fashion shows, and performers in the cabaret. The club space incorporates photography and exhibitions from artists specialising in rubber-themed images. There is rubber fetish play equipment, a rubber dungeon, and rubber medical installations.

Music is kept low so that attendees can chat about their love for rubber. From total incapsulation outfits to itty bitty bikinis, you can don what you like – so long as it’s made of rubber. There’s even a shining service to make sure your rubber is polished and so shiny that it makes Mr Sheen green with envy; silicone sprays are banned, as with so many people walking around in rubber, they could make floors and surfaces dangerously slippery.

Basically, Rubber Cult is all about RUBBER. Got that? We’ll stop rubberting on about it then.

The next Rubber cult is on Feb 7 at Shilibeer's. Full event information here.

Photo: John Fuller

2/13

Good evening, and welcome to the Female Worshipping Forecast.

General synopsis at Club Pedestal: a night that centres around the enjoyment and entertainment of females, where the girls are truly on top, and where submissive men come to serve, spoil, wait upon, bow before, give foot massages to, bring glasses of Champagne for, do the bidding of and generally act as willing slaves to dominant women. Extremely friendly, empowering and indulgent for lasses, and ball-shrivellingly brilliant for subby boys.

Weather: Thundering paddle and cane blows are likely to rain down upon the bottoms of gents using the 15+ pieces of dungeon equipment, which are spread across the club. Some are in the DJ rooms, so that strikes can be synced in time to the beats of the music, while others are in quieter spaces, where the crisp thwack of a whip being cracked against a bumcrack can be fully heard and savoured.

Visibility: Look out for the House Slaves, who wear distinctive red collars, and who are on hand to cater to the wishes of all female guests – whether that includes bringing them strawberries or polishing their boots using their shoe shine kits.

Gale warning: ‘Gail Warning’ would be a great name for a drag or burlesque artist, and Club Pedestal frequently features live acts such as boylesque troupes, comedians and kinky performers, as well as ‘Best Dressed Man’ competitions where dominatrixes judge which of the men-maggots have tried the hardest to please them with their costumes.

Sole: If you’re into having women walk all over you – literally – then try the trample cage, where goddesses in high heels stomp upon the prone bodies of grateful male wretches.

The big one. The world’s largest fetish and fantasy club, started in 1990, a visit to Torture Garden (affectionately referred to as TG) is considered a rite of passage for those wishing to explore and expand their sexual horizons.

It’s worth going just to look at the fashions; the dress code states that attendees shouldn’t even bother queuing for entry unless they’re wearing something that would turn heads and elicit stares on the street, so partygoers’ costumes will have your eyes on stalks (although that’s not where the ‘Garden’ name comes from; it’s a reference to a dark French novel about a sadist who likes to watch such horrors as flayings and crucifixions, juxtaposed against a beautiful outdoor setting in China).

Music is varied, more smoothly mixed than a masterchef’s crepe batter, and guests actually dance in addition to playing in the dungeons and dark rooms; look out for TG founder David on the decks, as well as manager Charlotte and the excellently energetic Rockit Riyad.

The stage shows are the stuff of lewd legend: Dita von Teese made her UK debut at TG; there are frequently hardcore body modification and manipulation demonstrations featuring everything from extreme piercings to contortion to people being suspended from ropes attached to hooks poked through their skin; and it’s not uncommon to see fireworks been set off from performers’ orifices, paint and milk being shot out of vaginas, and lasers shining from the bumhole of a trapeze artist.

There’s all sorts growing in the Torture Garden. We could make all manner of sexual/gardening puns about rooting and shooting here, but we’ll just say that TG offers top class alternative adult entertainment in spades.

Read about Torture Garden's next event, the Valentine's Ball, at The Coronet Theatre on February 14. For full listings, visit www.torturegarden.com.

Photo: Dafydd Owen

4/13

Into shibari – the Japanese art of rope bondage? Then you’re bound to enjoy Bound: a bi-monthly event featuring shibari performances from international artists, skill-exchange workshops, and a chance for new tying talent to showcase their skills on stage and get constructive, supportive feedback.

The evening was founded by Esinem – London’s premier rope bondage expert, who haute couture fashion designer Tom Ford consulted when developing his bondage dress collection, and whose work features in one of Primal Scream’s music videos. If you want to learn to ‘speak tie’, he’s your guy. Bound is an event it’s easy to get wrapped up in…

London’s biggest and busiest gay sauna, Chariots Shoreditch is a bit like a leisure centre with club lights and sex. A pleisure centre, if you will. It boasts a heated swimming pool, two spa pools, a 30-man sauna, two large steam rooms, group showers, various chill out areas and a gym – basically, a lot of different ways to get wet and hot.

Bathing suits are optional, so feel free to hang out with your wang out, take a skinny dip (or a beefcake plunge), or just relax by the water and watch the bathing beauties. If you’re after a bang, you’re likely to have more luck at Chariots than with a sauna-off…sorry, a sawn-off shotgun, but things can get as intensely wild or stay as mild as you like.

You can call ahead and book a professional massage, and the Chariots team also host weekly testing clinics to help you ensure you’re playing safe. In addition to the Londoners heading there in search of hook-ups, a lot of out-of-towners opt to head to Chariots instead of heading to a hotel, as it’s open all night and cheaper than a Holiday Inn, so it’s a good place to meet new faces.

There are additional Chariots’ in Vauxhall (the second-biggest gay sauna in London), Waterloo, Limehouse and Streatham. Forget “swing low” – swing by one of these sweet Chariots venues and you’re almost guaranteed to be cumming before you carry yourself home.

Nothing to do with curly hair styling (although you may well get to see lots of people’s short ‘n’ curlies), Kinky Salon is a “arty sexy party” that’s really quite unlike any other adult offering in the capital. It’s non-profit, run by volunteers, and is an extremely inclusive, progressive, creative affair.

Each event has a different theme; the venue is decked out with sets, cosy cubbyholes, play spaces and hot tubs, and all partygoers are required to wear relevant fancy dress. Outfits don’t necessarily have to be overtly seductive though, and imaginative ridiculousness is encouraged.

The idea is that silly, conversation-starting costumes act as good ice-breakers, create a relaxed sense of fun, remove the pressure on people to look conventionally ‘attractive’, and help to craft an atmosphere that takes guests away from the day-to-day and is thus liberating. This mental freedom is more likely to lead to sexual freedom – although nobody has to do anything they don’t want to. Almost anything they do want to do, though, is likely to be encouraged and celebrated within Kinky Salon’s ‘playspace’.

There’s a strong community vibe: attendees often bring sweets, stickers or little toys to give to each other as gifts, or show off their personal party tricks in the open mic-style cabaret. There’s always full access to welcome those with disabilities, and whether you’re LGBT, queer, asexual or straight, you’re welcome. Everything and everyone is accepted. And this acceptance makes Kinky Salon exceptional.

Get your rocks off while listening to rock. Or industrial, punk, metal, 80s, alternative anthems – anything but the standard fetish club staples of hard house and funk.

Club Antichrist is an extremely friendly kink, dancing and live music event that’s fiercely and loyally loved by the young and smiley crowd it attracts. It has an informal and fun party vibe, featuring live bands – from steampunk groups and comedy ukulele troupes to gothic, hardcore or vocal harmony acts – and performers ranging from the silly (Smurf burlesque) to the stunning (fire hula hooping, magicians, bellydancing with swords) to the shocking (catheter shows, a chap wearing a dead swan on his back, and a bloke being covered in cold vegetable soup and fisted before having certain parts of his anatomy sewn together with a needle and thread).

Every night opens with the now legendary ‘Satan’s Strip Show’: an amateur striptease where anyone can take to the stage and perform either a practiced or impromptu routine in return for £50… but only if they get 100% nude. The uproarious, supportive applause that greets each participant reflects Antichrist’s accepting, body positive outlook and community spirit. The last time we attended, a man on crutches dressed as a rasher of bacon performed a dance that involved spanking himself with a spatula and spinning his man-sausage in a helicopter dick finale. Afterwards, we felt strangely compelled to go and buy a hot dog from the food stand in the main room.

There’s a dungeon and play areas; a couples’ darkroom; happy hours at the bar; ushers carrying trays of free sweets, condoms and lube; and a themed photobooth. If you find some other fetish clubs a bit serious or snooty, Antichrist is the antidote.

Club Subversion is a long-running monthly kinky/BDSM play and dance event hosted by Mistress Absolute (a woman so supremely dominant that the sole reason gravity exists is to help men drop to their knees before her), and Bobette – a ‘girly-boy’ club photographer who’s documented the kink scene for decades and whose camera has seen things that’d probably make the Marquis de Sade need a sit-down, a sugary cup of tea and a paper bag to breathe into.

With a strict fetish dress code, Subversion provides delectably infernal dungeon equipment, medical-themed areas for those who want to play doctors and nurses, a couples’ room, chill out zones and even dressing gowns for those who want to nip out for a cig without flashing their exposed tittytittybangbangs or freezing their latex-clad wangdangdoodlehammers off. A top notch team of House Mistresses, Masters and Subs ensure that both seasoned players and novices have a mouth-watering, gusset-dampening good time.

Sub//Version 2 is a bi-monthly, play-only take on Subversion without the DJs, and where slightly more relaxed dressing is fine. Smart, all-black attire will get you through the door. With so much on offer, it’s ‘version on the ridiculous not to try either night at least once.

If steel toecaps make you moist, head to The Hoist. This infamous nightspot is at the harder end of the gay fetish scene, and has a very strict dress code. You absolutely will not be admitted unless you’re wearing boots – although footwear is optional at their Stark Bollock Naked events (the biggest nude parties in Europe) and trainers are allowed at Nearly Bollock Naked nights, as are shorts, boxers and jock straps. Limited pairs of boots are available to borrow, so you might just be a shoe-in to gain entry if you head to the club on a whim.

There are specific evenings to cater for those into fisting, skinheads, spanking, uniforms, suits, leather latex, sportswear and neoprene. Attractions include gogo dancers and X-rated floor shows, porn cinemas, cruising play mazes, and – next door – Bar Berlin, which only lets the first 69 men in the queue come in to lap up the wet zone and sneaker ‘n’ sox play pit.

Expect a thrillingly dark, sleazy atmosphere and an intensely sexual time, whether you’re into bears or stripping bare.

10/13

XXL is a weekly men-only club for bears, cubs, chubs, muscle bears and the guys that love ‘em. Value for money and welcoming to all ages and backgrounds, with a zero-attitude door policy, it’s been running for 14 years and still isn’t even remotely out of breath.

If you’re into rugged builder types, their ‘Construction’ nights will have you getting hard over guys in hard hats. Their ‘Tattoo’ evenings are great if ink is your kink. XXL also stage one-off parties with themes like ‘Bearbarella’, and even have their own free Grindr-style app that helps you connect with fellow partygoers and like-minded blokes.

So, should you give it a go if this is your cuppa? Do (muscle) bears shit in the woods?

Killing Kittens events take their name from the saying that 'Every time you masturbate, god kills a kitten.' If that were true, the RSPCA would have shut down KK’s decadent, hedonistic sex parties a long time ago, as a whole lot of tugging and rubbing goes on at them – plus a great deal of sucking, licking, flicking, moaning, groaning, pumping, humping, and people going down on each other goes down, too.

KK is aimed at ‘the sexual elite’: if you want to attend, you have to apply for approval before you can buy a ticket: a process that includes sending photos of yourself for assessment. The club claim that they 'don’t want supermodels – just people who take care of themselves' in order to maintain an exclusive, indulgent, 'Eyes Wide Shut'-type atmosphere (and attempt to weed out weirdos).

They also aim to be ‘female-oriented’: no single men are allowed to the parties, which take place at a variety of penthouses and swish London locations, and women are very much in charge of making advances to initiate play. There’s a posh ‘masked ball’ feel to events (and plenty of unmasked balls on display, too); guests don fine lingerie, suits or eveningwear; oysters and champagne are served; and rooms are lit by candles and chandeliers, with luxury sex toys and condoms provided.

Since their establishment in 2005, the Killing Kittens crew have branched out into a number of different ventures. ‘Silver Kittens’ parties welcome over 45s; ‘Sankktuary’ retreats offer sensual yoga, tantric breathing exercises, erotic speed dating and seriously hot hot tubs in the Essex countryside; ‘Bookklub’ workshops held at venues such as Chelsea lingerie boutique Petits Bisous lecture on topics such as G-spot stimulation; cabaret nights feature fire burlesque acts and risqué performers; and then there’s Torture Kittens – a collaboration with fetish club Torture Garden that incorporates dungeon equipment and more of an S&M flavour. It’s the cat’s whiskers.

Run by indomitable domme and famous long-time London fetish face Miss Kim, Club Rub is a very friendly, down-to-earth kink night for those who like their events without snobby pretence. Well-behaved single fellas are welcome; DJs play a house soundtrack to accompany the sounds of pounds, smacks, and whacks; and there’s always plenty of play equipment such as swings and slings from which to dangle yourself and your wangle, stretchers to stretch out on while a mistress wraps you from top to toe in restrictive clingfilm, and pommel horses on which to be pummeled.

Each outing of Club Rub is themed (think Pirates & Wenches or Doctors & Nurses), and Miss Kim always gives tonnes of innovative, affordable costume ideas on her website, so you don’t have to spend a tonne to look the part. Check out her tips on how to make a gimp mask from a silk scarf – it’s not just rubber at Club Rub.

This cheap and rear-ful gay/queer club, located beneath Central Station bar by Kings Cross (which conveniently offers affordable bed & breakfast if you’re coming from out of town), caters for practically every fetish in the book with an array of regular themed nights.

For starters, there’s the raunchy ‘Paunchy’ – an evening for big-bellied men and the guys who admire them. ‘A.B.C – Adult Baby Club’ is for folks into wearing diapers and sucking dummies (people of any gender and persuasion are welcome to this one), while ‘S.O.P.’ is for those into watersports. Jetskis entirely unnecessary.

‘Dirty Heels’ ticks the very specific box of being aimed at men who love to wear stilettos without being “devoid of their masculinity”; it’s fine to dress in lingerie or a suit, but wigs, make-up, and anything to ‘transvestite-esque’ is a no-no. Well, if the shoe fits, we suggest you get down to The Underground and enjoy strutting around in it.

City slickers has received some interesting reviews on here which are surprising.
As always, the issue of price comes up. I think it is important to consider the following;
The average cost of a day or evening pass to a spa that includes, 2 hot tubs, sauna, all year round indoor/outdoor heated swimming pool, shower facilities and towels, will cost on average anything between £20 and £50 or more, dependent on the venue. Anyone who has been here, knows it is a big venue.
Secondly, there is limitless free cold soft drinks and hot drinks all night. Dependent on what you would consume in a cafe, do the maths yourselves here.
Thirdly, there is a champagne reception. In fact you can pretty much drink the stuff all night or wine if you prefer. Again all INCLUSIVE of the price. Again, do your own maths if you were paying for this on a good night out?
The venue itself is super clean, great facilities, and includes an adult cinema.
Frequently included is food too. For example the recent event included a BBQ.
Also included recently was a Reiki / Tantra demonstration and upcoming events will include burlesque shows etc..
This is ALL included in the one price and we haven't got started on the sexy fun you could be having while you are there!!
So, yes, you can go to cheap sex parties...unsanitary environments, expensive bar, let any Tom, Dick or Harry in...... and you get what you pay for I am afraid!
But I believe that city slickers do their utmost best to give their guests a wonderful fun filled, relaxed, safe and sexy evening...
The summer months have meant that most clubs, even the most exclusive up market ones have suffered from a lower attendance than usual, due to people being away, family commitments etc.. I have see this from personal experience where beautiful mansions, usually very busy are much quieter...but this is usual and no reason to lose faith, but the Autumn promises to bring more fun once more...so let’s support these great people and keep such events going!
They can't do it without us!

At last a top quality event that getâ€™s it right on every level. The hottest couples, an amazing house, like the houses you see in Architectural Digest,and great music. Not the usual top 40 but real sexy European house music. It was like the great high end parties we go to in Miami. The best.. Canâ€™t wait to go to the next oneâ€¦

â€œWe have traveled the world in the Lifestyle. While there are amazing parties in Europe and South America, the United States been lacking the last ten years. Mass Pleasures has entered and dominated this space. We went through the screening process and enjoy our new friends amazing blend of beautiful venues and intoxicatingly delicious people. The crowd is amazing â€“ sexy, educated, young professionals that we click with immediately.

â€œGranted, we have not been in â€œthe lifeâ€� very long, but weâ€™ve hit the ground running. Weâ€™ve been to somewhere in the neighborhood of 7 or 8 clubs or mansion parties since we got this ball rollingâ€¦and there is no doubt, MASS PLEASURES throws the BEST parties anywhere. We were getting used to clubs and parties where there was MAYBE two other attractive couples. At both of MASSâ€™s parties that weâ€™ve attended, we have been floored by the sheer volume of hotness all around us. Fun, friendly, sexy, low-pressure, all-fun. Please keep inviting us. Weâ€™ll never stop coming.â€� KATSAYSYOUCAN - WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA

â€œWhat an incredible party! Classy couples, beautiful house, music sexy to dance to yet played at the perfect volume so we can socialize (rare to find a dj that gets it and knows this balance) & each person there was excited to meet others. We canâ€™t wait to host your next party whether here in Los Angeles, over in London, across the country in New Yorkâ€¦.or anywhereâ€� Holli and Michael SwingShow Playboy Radio

@MB hahhaha, total fabrication, another competitor trying to pick on Mass Pleasures for dominating the exclusive erotic party scene in London, find something better to do and stop spreading your bitter and twisted views, Mass Pleasures keeps defying all its critics and hosting bigger and bigger parties each time... how can you be raided at a party once by the police if this is even true and then go back to the next party lol,...

I'm disgracefully pleased to admit that I love City Slickers Parties. Each time I've been I've left with a big grin on my face and the following morning thought 'Wow, was that really real?' If you're looking for relaxed, chilled, stylish parties with stylish people who are actually there to play and have fun then these parties are for you. Newbies will love them too and I guarantee will be joining in the fun on the first visit.

We have been to Mass Pleasures twice; once we got raided by the police and asked to leave the premises and the second time we arrived at 10pm only to find that there were no more drinks to what it ought to have been an â€œopen bar all night until it runs dry and much more!â€�â€¦ probably we have been unluckyâ€¦ TWICEâ€¦ we would not go back in a hurry and could not agree more with the words â€œover-soldâ€� and â€œcommercial partiesâ€� already used in posts here below!

We've been to a few clubs and several parties, but City Slickers Parties offer the best of both worlds. A large well equipped venue (they used Abfabs for this party) with enough space to cater for 100+ people combined with the intimacy and social aspects of a private house. The host goes out of his way to ensure all new guests are introduced around so there's no chance of cliques forming. The quality and attitude of the single guys present was a joy, a world away from the predatory nature of some clubs, they are a credit to themselves and to the host for his vetting procedures. We hadn't been before, it's a long way from Yorkshire but we'll sure as hell go again in a heartbeat. Thanks guys for an awesome evening XxX

MDG - Club Smack sounds like what you're looking for. Only went the once, nice people.
It used to have a website, but can't find that any more. Did find this post though, which gives you an email address. Also try:
www.londonfetishscene.com
"SMACK! operates a strict Fetish/Fantasy dress code. The club is organised and assisted by experienced fetish scene people who are discreet and approachable. Feel free to talk with or contact Miranda or Mr Angry-Pants at clubsmack1@hotmail.co.uk "

Hi, coming to London from May4-12, GF is really into being spanked, would like to find a clean, classy, club which promotes and specializes in spanking. She isn't a swinger at all, but might want the slap of another. Can anyone suggest any place? Were staying in Chelsea... TY

@JB, were you one of those turned down for membership or invite to a MASSPLEASURES.COM party because you were not hot enough or elite enough? I absolutely agree with the way MASSPLEASURES runs their parties by invitation only, it's not about the money but quality decent attractive people wanting to experience with their sexuality in a safe and secure environment where women are made to feel 10 times safer than in a normal club , as a single girl new this whole scene , honestly speaking I will recommend this laid back, totally non judgemental crowd to other girlies... girls have the power to go as far as the like without men pressuring them or peering at them like at kk and all these other commercial parties...

Found a refreshing change in an old establishment namely 'SophistiCats'. Usually these gentlemen's clubs are either super stuffy and soulless or full of vultures, but not here. Nice calm relaxed atmosphere, great company, entertaining stage with at least three dancers on at any time obviously having a good time, and it shows too. Pricey drinks but, to be expected, bite the bullet and buy a bottle. We had a laugh and other tables some with females in tow clearly did too. Recommended late bar (we left at almost sunrise) and entertainment, just off Oxford Street near Bond Street, but bring a big wallet and treat yourself

Want to take my boyfriend to a cub where we can watch and get it on with each other. Not really interested in swinging or taking all my clothes off. Guess we are just voyeurs. Any suggestions? Really would like to find a mainstream club where things are known to happen!!!

As some parties are not mentioned I feel I should make an addition to other alternative nights out in London.
Killing Kitten das indeed the highest profile but attracts also too many sexy people who are only there out of curiosity.
Fever Parties was the first and remains still today the best true sexiest soiree attracting true swingers with a touch of class. This is the real thing!
City Slickers Parties is catching up very fast with its unique style aiming at giving ladies the chance to live out some fantasies and get as much attention as they want. It seems a very safe environment and the ladies are tempted rather than pressured into enjoying themselves.

As some parties are not mentioned I feel I should make an addition to other alternative nights out in London.
Killing Kitten may be may have the highest profile but attracts also too many sexy people who are only there out of curiosity.
Fever Parties was the first and remains still today the best true sexiest soiree attracting true swingers with a touch of class.
City Slickers Parties is catching up very fast with its unique style aiming at giving ladies the chance to live out some fantasies and get as much attention as they want. It seems a very safe environment and the ladies are tempted rather than pressured into enjoying themselves.

why not just list the simple obvious places like Subversion, Club Rub, Torture Garden, and last but most certainly not least Antichrist, which .. based upon my in depth exploration of all these places .. takes the fetish biscuit ...

Confirm on Last Tuesday....the formula doesnt deliver well on any promise. piles of stinking food (what's that about!) and public schoolboys fencing with some dreadful orchestra in background.
Aphrodisiacs can be great fun (new venue however is always a risk) but its more risque than wild.
F Club....hmmm. Suburban and soulless on an industrial estate. eek. but have heard that "bigger nights" are better.
Mass Pleasures small....and over-sold in terms of "eliteness"
Killing Kittens gets good reviews looking forward to going x
Not in this list but among the best is City Slickers.....
Torture Garden (although often too big to be relaxing) remains probably best of the fetish genre...although RUB and Decadence are contenders.

I need to argue with the latest comment. last tuesday society has been the worst nights I've ever been to in London, totally dreadful. I've been to Torture Garden and other "kinky" evenings, last tuesday is a total rip off, bad staff, worst sound system around, poor shows, if any, expensive. To avoid at ... any price !

I have been to numerous clubs Crimson and Festival of Sins being those most recent. I disagree with the comments above. They are fantastic nights, with great people. Normally there is an entry fee and coat check fee but what club has those for free?
The nights are fun and interesting normally with a great soundsystem and fun music...go ...def go for it

Interesting to find out I'm not the only person to have had an unpleasant experience at Last Tuesday Society. The one I attended was probably at a different venue but many of the things mentioned in the previous review also applied. On top of that, I found a lot of the punters were far from enlightened or open minded. Because I was a scantily clad male, many people saw it fit to throw drinks at me repeatedly besides pinching me, insulting me and invading my personal space. An "adult" night? The words "stuck up", pretentious and disrespectful spring to mind to describe many of the punters' behaviour.
Also, it was definitely not the best looking crowd I've seen in London... and as how people were attired... well, with a few exceptions, lack of imagination ruled.
As I told the organisers at the time, it was not a on Tuesday night but it definitely was my last. Things don't seem to have improved much.